BSG reboot. I am generally of the opinion that modern remakes are [usually] pointless and stupid, and why in Dio’s name do they have to gender swap two of the characters to pretend like they’re throwing a bone to feminism? Inserting/expanding women into LOTR and The Hobbit were terrible choices, and this is going to…

I absolutely love the bacon/gruyere egg bites - the other two flavors are not nearly as good, and neither is every other brand’s attempt (I’ve tried a few) to replicate the egg bites. They have a nice wobbly texture that’s solid enough to eat with your fingers without falling apart, and I swear there is a drop of…

I do not actually know for sure. Panda is definitely a Finnish company and I’ve seen its products over there, but a lot of “imports” are often still made a little differently when meant to be sold here. American Cadbury was usually inferior to British Cadbury even before the buyout for that reason.

I pay an absurd amount for a box of 10+ bags of raspberry Squashies once or twice a year.

I, on the other hand, once intentionally scheduled myself a three hour layover in Heathrow on my way home from Finland so that I would have time after getting through passport control (and then going back through passport control AGAIN because US bound) to go shopping for UK snacks to stuff in the small tote bag I…

I slid off a curb and aggravated an old knee injury; my hostel in Belgium didn’t HAVE ice or ice packs!

The Drachenfire was my favorite coaster when I was a teenager, but I have a neck injury now, and the memory of getting rattled like a bag of bones halfway through that ride has kept me from ever getting on a coaster again.

I see paneer described as cottage cheese even on some Indian restaurant sites that are owned and run by Indian people. It’s so weird because it’s nothing like cottage cheese.

Fresh squeaky paneer in a nice spicy saag... mmm.

It needs fresh BUFFALO mozzarella, imported from Italy. The “buf” brand does not qualify. Really good buffalo mozz has a much stronger flavor, and it is absolutely the star of a good caprese with some thick balsamic vinegar and robust olive oil, and salt + fresh ground pepper.

I specifically use either the hot curry or the Maharaja curry blends from Spice & Tea Merchant, which are not just turmeric - they also have cumin, coriander, fenugreek, pepper, etc.

Ooh, I ate at the one in Earls Court when I was over thataways to see Loreena McKennitt at the Royal Albert Hall a couple years ago. That was definitely a tasty sandwich. Production and transportation issues have caused unreliable stock for So Many Things over the last year and a half, it’s not even funny.

After having had currywurst in Germany a few times, I have learned the joy of dumping a tablespoon or so of a nice curry into a ramekin of ketchup. (I’m an eyeballer, not a measurer.) Not QUITE as umami as mushrooms, but it cuts the sweetness of the ketchup and is really good on red sausages. (I prefer a nice bitey…

I LOVE peanut butter ice cream and milkshakes, and for some reason this is weird to people. I used to make them when I worked at a privately-owned burger joint in high school - it was such a pain in the ass to whizz the peanut butter into the ice cream but it was so good. Haagen Dazs peanut butter & chocolate does…

I have nerve damage in my left ear, and I have had tinnitus my entire life. I literally do not know what life is like without it. It has gotten somewhat worse over time - a really bad ear infection as an adult didn’t help. Sometimes it’s particularly annoying, and I prefer sleeping with a fan on low because the white…

That came back a few years ago! I see it all the time at Target, Harris Teeter, & Food Lion.

Capers add savoury zing to my local Italian joint’s spicy puttanesca, with a big dollop of warm goat cheese om nom.

I LOVE Dark. They dropped a ball or two in S3, but even in the wildest depths of the absolutely bonkers plot, it never felt like they didn’t know where they were going.

Johanna Lindsey has some problematic books in her bibliography (I don’t remember which one now, but there’s one that, even in the 90s, made teenage me go “uh, no, this is bad”), but she’s my go-to for fun and snarky heroines who at least put up a good fight before they submit to throbbing whatevers.

I happen to love salty black licorice. I’ll pass on the herring, though.

Pretty much. I’ve been on the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki, full of Finns bringing back alcohol by the case on hand trucks.